Apple Computer Inc.

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February 23, 1989

CELEBRITY LAWSUIT. The Beatles, who founded Apple Records at the

height of their popularity in the 1960s, Wednesday filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against Apple Computer Inc. alleging copyright infringement. Lawyers for Apple Corp., jointly owned by the three surviving Beatles and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, said they were suing Apple Computer for marketing musical synthesizers under the Apple name. The former Beatles say the computer giant has breached a 1981 copyright agreement under which it promised not to use the trademark on musical equipment.